If life doesn’t humble you then you’re not challenging yourself How does one grow prideful, arrogant? By thinking he’s doing (so) well When does one think he’s doing well? Usually one thinks he’s doing well AFTER he DID DO WELL, with something And this sense of “doing well”, sense of contentment about oneself, it …
Tag: Learning
The Language Barrier
To speak with someone you must speak the same language To name something there must be a word for that thing in that language And to describe something there must be words capable of describing that thing Given two individuals not always speak the same language Sometimes an individual refers to concepts which are …
Simple But Not Easy
There’s what’s difficult and there’s what’s simple. But then there’s “simple but not easy”. How can something be “simple but not easy”? In truth, it can’t! It doesn’t make any sense, it’s paradoxical. The true meaning of “simple but not easy” is that it is UNKNOWN The difficulty is ultimately UNKNOWN, in how: -it …
Doers are NOT Sceptics
Have you ever seen a highly successful sceptic? Have any of the greatest visionaries been a sceptic? Have you ever seen a high-achiever, someone busy DOING THINGS — have you seen him BICKER how THIS and THAT is NOT GOING TO WORK? There is no place for scepticism outside of science* (where it is …
That Which Doesn’t Solve Your Problem — Creates It
You have a problem You need a tool, a solution You solve the problem and discard the tool It’s dead weight It could even be used against you Once you have a problem you need solution If you don’t have a problem — then you don’t need solution If you solved your problem — …
FIRE
It’s about that FIRE At the end it’s all about that fire It’s not what you do — it’s whether there’s that fire in that The relevance of WHAT YOU DO only concerns FUELLING that fire But once it burns — it just burns It consumes The relevance of WHAT YOU DO only …
is it ok to fucking suck?
It’s ok to fail. It’s not ok to suck. Fail fast and grow. (if you can’t fail fast then fail slow — but GROW) Don’t fail without good reason. Fail then grow — so that you are actually good at something, so that you innovate, so that you elevate, so that you push the envelope …
if you knew who was smart then you would be smart
if you knew who was smart then you would be smart if you knew who was smart then you would be smart, you would know what to do, you would do what the smart one does if you knew who was smart then you would be smart, you would know what to decide, …
You Will Compare Yourself
You will compare yourself How could you not? How else would you know how to solve your problems? You try to solve your problems — and not until you solved them — obviously you turn to those who did. You will compare yourself — like you’d compare two strategies, two solutions, two ideas. You will …
It’s Not So Easy to Stay Ignorant if You Ask Questions
I observed that fools don’t ask questions. I also observed that real fools don’t ask questions — even when they don’t have a clue Know a fool if he doesn’t ask you questions about something he clearly doesn’t have a clue about Some men ask questions. Some men ask questions about that which they …